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Mon, 19 Mar 2018 21:17:48 -0700Pierce County CD, WA - Get the latest from Blogen-usLocal Water Quality Datahttp://www.piercecountycd.org/Blog.aspx?IID=151
Thu, 01 Mar 2018 12:25:19 -0700Featuring Creek Sites from the Nisqually Watershed
“The Nisqually Watershed drains land from the Nisqually River and includes the communities of Ashford, Elbe, Mineral, Eatonville, McKenna, Roy, Yelm, Fort Lewis, and portions of Graham, Lacey, DuPont, and Rainier.”
(Quote from the Nisqually River Council website)
Mashel River Stream Monitor: Charlie Butler
Ohop Creek Stream Monitors: Brad and Julia Nickel
http://www.piercecountycd.org/Blog.aspx?IID=151/636555075190000000Water Quality Reports & Spring Monitoring Scheduleshttp://www.piercecountycd.org/Blog.aspx?IID=150
Thu, 01 Mar 2018 12:18:47 -0700Stream Team has recently created water quality reports of our currently monitored stream sites. They are organized by jurisdiction (city or county) in which the sites are located. We are pleased to offer these reports to the public to communicate our water quality data.
The reports can be accessed on the PCD website here: piercecd.org/248/Stream-Monitoring or below:
Bonney Lake
Gig Harbor
Lakewood
Milton
Pierce County
University Place
For questions about the reports, or to become a volunteer stream monitor, please contact: Belinda at belindap@piercecd.org
Spring Stream Monitoring Schedules:
Quarterly monitors may schedule their spring monitoring between March 21, 2018 and June 14, 2018.
Bimonthly monitors are scheduled to monitor their streams in March and May.
Early spring stream flows tend to be higher and faster than during summer and early fall, so be careful when entering streams to collect samples and take stream measurements.
Volunteers are also encouraged to run replicate tests once or twice a year. The replicate testing includes the dissolved oxygen, pH, and nitrate tests. We can provide extra sample bottles if you are planning on doing replicates.http://www.piercecountycd.org/Blog.aspx?IID=150/636555071270000000Lake Monitoring Season 2018http://www.piercecountycd.org/Blog.aspx?IID=149
Thu, 01 Mar 2018 11:45:13 -0700The arrival of spring always means lake monitoring season can’t be far behind! Pierce Conservation District partners with Cities of Lakewood, Bonney Lake, and Milton to manage their volunteer lake monitoring programs.
This year, lake monitoring season for Bonney Lake and Milton will begin Sunday, May 6th; while the monitoring season for Lakewood will begin on Sunday, April 8th. A lake monitor refresher training Lake Monitoring Season 2018 will be scheduled in March for lake volunteers in Lakewood, and a refresher training for Bonney Lake and Milton lake volunteers will be scheduled in April.
As always, additional volunteers are welcome, please let us know if you are interested in joining us. If you are a resident of American, Gravelly, Louise, Steilacoom, Carp, Surprise, Bonney or Debra Jane Lakes and would like more information, please contact Isabel.
For more information, please contact Isabel at:
253.845.9770 ext. 103 or
IsabelR@piercecd.org
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